Explore Inwood Hill Park with Acclaimed Geologist Sidney Horenstein Tonight
Exploring Inwood Hill Park with Sidney Horenstein Thursday, September 22nd 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Inwood Hill Park is home to Manhattan’s last natural forest but it’s also the site of many fascinating glacial artifacts. Explore Inwood’s geological history and see relics of the Wisconsin Glacier such as the “Indian Caves.” Your guide is Sidney Horenstein. Sid [...]
City Funding to End Drought for Isham Park | Epoch Times
By Ivan Pentchoukov A year from now there will be water at Isham Park, thanks to $750,000 in city funding secured by Councilman Robert Jackson. The historic 20-acre park in the Inwood neighborhood of northern Manhattan has had no access to water for drinking and irrigation for years. Jackson joined representatives from the Department of [...]
Parsons Collaborates with NYC Parks & Recreation to Improve Historic Pool in Washington Heights | Archinect News
Parsons Collaborates with NYC Parks & Recreation to Improve Historic Pool in Washington Heights http://bit.ly/nSLzPW July 26, 2011 12:17 pm via twitterfeedReplyRetweetFavorite @archinect Archinect Parsons The New School for Design has joined with NYC Parks & Recreation through the Design Workshop, its innovative design-build studio led by graduate architecture students, to create a new pool [...]
A Garden Grows Uptown
By Ana Sofia Huertas If you’re around Juan Pablo Duarte Square at the corner of 169th street and Broadway, take a moment to stop and smell the flowers. Nearby neighbors from the Washington Heights Gardening Crew (WHGC), NYC Parks and the Department of Parks and Recreation will thank you. Volunteers young and old devoted their [...]
IT'S MY PARK DAY THIS WEEKEND…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Like I have said many times before, one of Uptown’s greatest assets is the parks and natural expanses that envelop the neighborhood in a sea of green. My favorite park is Inwood Hill Park with Fort Tyron a close second. On It’s My Park Day, park lovers have the opportunity to give [...]
LITTLE RED LIGHTHOUSE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
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WILD PLAYGROUND PROGRAM @ INWOOD HILL PARK
This summer, join the Urban Park Rangers for a Wild Playground program at Inwood Hill Park Indian Road Playground. In Wild Playground programs, Rangers facilitate child-directed play in Parks natural areas, providing a safe place for children to explore and experience the natural world. Programs take place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. every Wednesday through [...]
From the Devil’s Cave to Gorman Park
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When I was kid growing up, during the crack era that wreaked such havoc in this neighborhood, Gorman Park was known as the Devil’s Cave. The park is situated on Wadsworth Terrace between 189th and 190th Streets and has an awesome view of the Fort Tryon Park area as well a [...]
INWOOD HILL PARK AFTER DARK
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I know that this is the umpteenth time that I am writing about Inwood Hill Park but it truly is, in the words of Urban Park Ranger Katie Clifford, “New York City’s best kept secret.” No disrespect to the extraordinary Central Park but for the most part, it is nature in [...]
HighBridge Park Revisited
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, you would have to be either absolutely nuts or a straight up crack head to venture into the woods of Highbridge Park. In those days, that area was ground zero for all types of drugs, violence, all-around criminality and homelessness. So when I [...]
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